The control and agency dialectic of guest worker programmes: evidence from Chinese construction workers in Japan's Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)

• Published in: Journal of ethnic and migration studies Vol. 50; no. 16; pp. 4215 - 4233
• Main Author: Li Rosenberg, Qiaoyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.10.2024; Carfax Publishing Company, Abingdon Science Park
• Subjects: agency; China; Construction industry; Dialectics; Employers; Immigration policy; Japan; Labor force; Labor migration; Legal status; Mobility; Occupational mobility; Rewards; Stratification; Surveillance; Training; Workers; Japan

Guest worker programs entail an intrinsic tension between control over workers' mobility and workers' agency. By drawing on the qualitative data from Chinese construction workers in Japan's Technical Intern Training Program (TITP), I illuminate the dialectical nature of the tension be...